Risperdal and abilify

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I finally was able to talk to a psychiatrist but I didn't want to switch to geodon and have it not work for me. I heard that <span style = 'background-color: #dae8f4'>abilify</span>and geodon are weight neutral antipsychotics but I'm scared they won't work ay controlling my symptoms. I was wondering if anyones tried any antipsychotic that didn't cause weight gain but also worked at controlling there symptoms. I know you wont know if an antipsychotic won't work unless you try but I just need some convining .

We have used <span style = 'background-color: #dae8f4'>risperdal</span> with our 12 year old son in the past, 2nd and 3rd grade, but due to weight gain he had to be taken off it. We had major problems with sleep so when he went off the meds he went back to not sleeping. Then we found Melatonin, it is a god sent. It is a natural supplement that has helped a lot of children with atuism and other disorders that effect sleeping. As for the agression we have tried behavioral programs that help with it.
Good luck.

That class of antipsychotic, the NMDA receptor modulates are not clinically available yet but when FDA approved they are showing very promising results as regards recovery rate and side effect profile both short term and long term so remember if what is available now doesn't treat you fully there will continue to be more options in the coming years.

However if a person doesn't respond to one medication they can respond to a different one as each person responds differently to each medication. The other atypicals are <span style = 'background-color: #dae8f4'>risperdal</span>, Invega, Seroquel and Zypexa. The two newest atypical antipsychotics that work like abilify are Saphris and Fanapt.

My mood has also dipped and I don't see the point in anything these days. I'm also on Prosac and I've just started DBT but I have no desire to push myself anymore to do anything but I'm not happy doing nothing either.
Can anyone tell me if this is a side effect of the risperidone and if so, would they recommend anything else. In the past it has been shown that I usually am better mentally when on an anti-psychotic but I'd rather be well physically with motivation too.

I taken all the above and had to quit them for weird side effects. I now take <span style = 'background-color: #dae8f4'>abilify</span>and it has changed my world. I am doing better than I ever have. It was harsh to start though. It made my stomach so sore for a couple of months. Really bad. But it does great things for my brain. I know every body is different - this is just my story.
If it were me I would replace rather than add. Keeping the risperadol on board will continue the girly issues.

I beleive he'll be on risperdal for another couple of months (he did try <span style = 'background-color: #dae8f4'>abilify</span>and it was Horrible, it made him even more angre and psychotic!).
on the top of that he is also taking Depakote as the mood stabilizer, but I hear that does not cause weight gain in most people.....
For now he is not happy with the weight gain but he is ot talking about stopping risperdal, he had a really bad Psychotic phase that is not entirely gone yet, so I really hope he'll be patient!

This time he was put on Zyprexa and then changed
to <span style = 'background-color: #dae8f4'>risperdal</span>. Ten days in hospital and two weeks of day-visits for therapy later, when he went back to work,
he again did not do well (though he was taking his meds).
His doctor said that he may not be responding to risperdal and
switched him immediately to Zyprexa (10mg/day).
He did not do well in the next three days and went back again
to the hospital.
He is now recovering in the hospital but his progress seems slow.

I take 20 mg of <span style = 'background-color: #dae8f4'>abilify</span>and have found it helpful in both controlling my psychotic symptoms and in giving me more energy. What other meds are you on? Another medication I take as a mood stabiliser is Lamogitrine (Lamictal) really helps to guard against the depressive side of the illness.

My mom is 93 years old and about 95 pounds. She very thin and frail and her memory has decreased rapidly in a few weeks. She suffers from depression, and is (without meds) obsessive-compulsive. Without meds she had a horrible temper and would argue about every little thing. Extremely stubborn and independent. Now she is in a nursing home after numerous falls, and never adjusted until a psychiatrist was brought in last year.

I am on 10mgs of <span style = 'background-color: #dae8f4'>abilify</span> once daily. It is the only meds that I am on after stopping risperdal due to continuing weight gain. My psych says I am very sensitive to it.
So anyways, I was just sitting here wondering exactly what would be the objective of abilify alone? Would it be for depression, or pyschosis? Is it a mood stabilizer? I am a little confused. Can anyone enlighten me?

<span style = 'background-color: #dae8f4'>abilify</span> (as well as Saphris and Fanapt) are serotonin dopamine agonists. They do work in a somewhat different manner from Geodon and other atypical antipsychotics (from risperdal to Geodon) in that they do affect serotonin receptors and they work somewhat differently on dopamine receptors and what you said has been noted by some studies although they are still trying to understand the specifics of how it helps.

I am on Lamotragine (Limictal) now for my depression and I think it works well. I am on <span style = 'background-color: #dae8f4'>risperdal</span> for my mania, and I think it works great for that. Yes though taper down! I am sure you can find some other med that works for you to replace the abilify also??? Be careful with yourself...please.

Since last april I was put on zeldox and rivotril, remained on zoloft, and taken off of seroquil and<span style = 'background-color: #dae8f4'>risperdal</span>. Now several months later my Dr cut my dose of zoloft by half because my social worker informed him that I seemed manic. Should I stay on zeldox (I lost over 30 pounds and have no appetite) or go back to risperdal despite its debilitating side effects?

If it effects your sleep you could ask your psychiatrist whether you could take the 2 mg. risperdal dose in the A.M. In general risperdal is sedating but can sometimes cause sleep disruption but each person responds differently to each medicaation. It would also depend on whether it would make you tired during the day. Also you could ask if the dose could be titrated (spaced out) into two or more doses during the day.

i have been on haldol which was crippling, got off it, then onto <span style = 'background-color: #dae8f4'>risperdal</span>, geodon, and seroquel. the most tolerable is risperdal however i tend to need something to help me get to sleep very badly. i dont fall asleep easily. thats when my psychiatric nurse moved me on to geodon then seroquel along with risperal. both of these i find not very tolerable at all. with seroquel i will sleep very sound though i might suffer some bad hallucinations getting there. and i will oversleep with it.

Seroquel, <span style = 'background-color: #dae8f4'>risperdal</span>, Saphris, Invega, Geodon, abilify
I'm allergic to the medication Thorazine.
I'm wondering if it's possible to be able to take Clozaril and Zyprexa together to help control my symptoms of Schizoaffective Disorder - Bipolar Subtype?

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